Hi again, >My thought on video style was sparked by the existence of too many for Max >and Maya, etc. I have never seen any of these but reckon they could be done >extremely badly. So style might be considered, maybe humour as an angle >there, I don't know. As for content and structure i wouldnt even try and >second guess the folk at RS. They have put together their manual with these >questions in mind and they have also lived with the apps forever. So my >guess for a starting point or as a dry run ... the manual or the harry tut? > >I think the whole manual would be a bit of a mouthful first time round. >Also >not certain as to target audience ... is the idea to simply cover the top >layer of most of the stuff or to dig into some special interest discoveries >deep deep in the guts of one or two of more obscure buttons?
Yep, My thought is the manual also and target audience I would like to cover is beginner to expert/advanced, as I would like to dig right into some really technical and advanced tutes from the advanced users and RS themselves, getting as much info on a particular topic/button/feature and putting it all together into a staggered tute would be great in my books :), but also must do for beginners and make it appealing enough for them to want to buy RS3D and become part of this community. >My guess is that V6 will have a pretty solid tut with it probably leaning >further into IK territory but again, I'm guessing. A VSL show would be >worthwhile. Yeah, I have noticed of late that several users are getting into VSL, plus there are already some great tutes I could use to re-create into audio/visual. > >I suppose, the trick would be to get hold of another video instruction >thing >and check it out. 3DWorld got a max dude to review a maya instruction vid >and he made some useful points I felt. Already doing and have done a lot of that ;) > >I suppose any vid would need to be "here's how I do stuff" rather than >"This >is the bible on this stuff". ... makes it more relaxed and if you're >getting >results who cares if it's not the most elegant of programming. Definitely "here's how I do it" style works for me.. > >But then again I can't even envisage the cam layout ... make a decent sized >cursor and make a streaming avi of screen grabs? I doubt if personality, >face, work space, etc, are necessary ... set it up as a laptop on Magrathea >with the twin suns doing perpetual sunsets in the back ground? :) definitely not face!!! Lol, and I can take or leave the voice over's, or at least make it able to turn audio off and definitely have subtitles and explanations of each move/feature etc.. >Anyway, if you have a mind to tackle something, who knows ... might beat >your 9 to 5 ... anyway, something to do down there in the desolate wastes >of >storm swept Cook Straight. I would love to do this 9-5 instead of what I am doing, although, from where I am now, I have a good opportunity to do this also :) Yeah, don't mention the B**dy stormy straight LOL!! Cheers Neil Regards Rossco
